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Humanitarian Law CenterWhen the witness was asked if she agreed with the criminal proceedings,she said:“I want the person who committed this crime against my family to be punished.As for me personally, I do not ask for any compensation becauseit cannot bring back my family. I do agree with the criminal proceedingsagainst the defendant and I do not ask for the compensation of damages.That is all I have to say.”No further questions.EXAMINATION OF WITNESS/INJURED PARTY SAFET BOGUJEVCIThe witness/injured party SAFET BOGUJEVCI stated that he would give hisevidence in Serbian language and only if he found something very difficultto say he would use the service of the court interpreter for Albanian language.He is 43-years-old; an electrician by profession and currently unemployed;he lives in England on social welfare; he did not know the defendantfrom before; they are not related; he was advised; he took the oath; andhe gave the following statement:“I was with my brother Selatin all the time. On 7 March 1999 I went togetherwith my brother at our neighbour’s house. Mostly males were there. Wewere practically in a meadow. Only males from my company headed to themeadow, while whole families were already there. There were as many as30,000 people. Women and children begged us to leave the house becausethey were scared that men would be killed and women and children wouldnot. Anyway, in the evening of 27 March I wanted to go back home, but mybrother Selatin convinced me not to do that and he said he would go homeinstead of me. When he returned the following morning I asked him whatwas happening with my family. He told me that they stayed at home. I waslocated some 20 metres away from my house in my neighbour’s yard andfrom there I was observing what was going on.That morning, 28 March, a lot of people in uniform appeared suddenly outof nowhere. There were four or five different types of uniform and mostof them were camouflage. When I saw so many people in uniform I ran146